Collezione Privata - Cuoio Pal Zileri 2012

From the diaries of Bernhard Klemens Maria Hofbauer Pius Grzimek:

16.06.1919
Today he finally finished! I sewed it all by myself. Mum only helped me with the buttons. He has become a little wide, but he fits in winter over the thick jacket. With the fur hat from grandpa, the suede mittens and the heavy boots it is perfect. Tomorrow after school I will try him out!

17.06.1019 - evening
After school I put it on right away, my suede suit. I also attached a small pair of antlers to the hat. That should help to improve the camouflage. With the bike to Grabowski's fallow deer enclosure. It was already very hot. The leather smell was very strong, that should trick the animals. I got within 5 meters of them before they caught my scent. Then a deer attacked me and chased me. I made it over the fence and he only got me a little on the butt. I can sew the pants back up easily though and it didn't bleed much. However, I think the antlers may not have been such a good idea. He probably thought I was a rival. I also have to change my smell a bit, suede alone is not enough to pass me off as a congener, even though it is from fallow deer.

21.06.1919
I have read up a lot of reschersch..: the scent of nature could help to deceive the animals. Mimicry is what it's called. In the kitchen I stole thyme and saffron and rubbed my suit vigorously with them. In the front yard, a quick roll in the jasmine patch. Mum wasn't keen, but I told her it was for science. There are big raspberry bushes by the enclosure. I went in there, too. The suit even protects me a bit from the thorns! This time I got really close to the animals. They didn't attack me either. But they wouldn't let me touch them. I was so close that I could smell their sweet and smoky smell. It is still to imitate.

29.06.1919 - evening
I have found the solution! For the sweetness in the fallow deer smell, I used some of Mom's perfume. Amber and vanilla, she said. For the smoky, I had to go to church on Sunday. I went all the way to the front to the incense burner. People looked a little because of my suit and also wrinkled their noses a little. But they didn't say anything. Afterwards I went straight to the enclosure and the animals even came up to me. One deer even looked at me funny. As if he was in love. I have never been so close to the animals before. I could watch them so well!
When I grow up, I want to do something with animals. Or I'll be a lawyer, like Dad. Or a captain. But I think I'd rather do something with animals.

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Luckily, little Bernhard Klemens Maria Hofbauer Pius chose animals.

The Cuoio starts with a small, not quite ripe raspberry, strongly spiced by thyme and some saffron spiciness. The raspberry brings a slight fruitiness, but no sweetness to speak of. A teensy bit of sweetness brings then rather the jasmine, which I find spicy, but just also slightly sweet.
In this nest then sits the stag. A large, stately stag; a bit dirty and animalistic, may be the already! The leather actually reminds me of a suede blouson I once had when this was still brand new (that was a few years ago, fashions change). With the incense that subtly joins in, a not-so-wild deer to my nose, this is quite pleasant and wearable. Then in the base comes vanilla and amber, which makes the leather and also the fragrance a little sweeter and much softer. The whole thing lasts a good 7-8 hours, radiates discreetly and is thus absolutely wearable, even in the office, unless the colleagues are vegan.
Now I'm not a pronounced leather connoisseur and can therefore also draw no comparisons (here please read in the comment of our leather pope), but so as a beginner I like the Cuoio already very good!

Thanks to the maiden in the leather dirndl, Gandix!

- FSK from 6 years -
- No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Comment -